There is simply no excuse for the lack of updates. The reason is certainly not due to my decrease in consumption of media entertainment, so I will attempt to rectify that with more timely posts (and perhaps some back-reviewing of notable titles). For future updates, I will continue to use the 5 point system, but for now I will attempt to do without the half-point increments. After reading thru some of my past reviews, I realize that I am still disinclined to use the top 5/5 rating, settling rather on the 4.5 level. Another change is that I will include links to the appropriate page on IMDB (The Internet Movie Database) whenever possible for easy access to complete actor/actress/production/release information.
Finally, to reiterate the purpose of this blog, I wish only to jot down some initial reactions to some things I have watched to hopefully provide some alternative options to the much-hyped productions. A lot of good media slips through the cracks, if simply due to a lack of funds for advertisements and billboards. Thus, tripe-A movies such as those from Pixar or Marvel will never show up here. I also keep my mind open regarding foreign films, in particular with an emphasis on those coming out of Asia, so those will also receive plenty of coverage here.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Here we go!
On a recent car trip I realized that I consume an amazing amount of movies/tv/games. So much that I get them confused. In hopes of getting them straight in my head, and partly also because my friend Roy is doing such a great job at it, I'm going to start jotting little reviews. Hopefully if someone has some valuable time to spend on entertainment these little reviews can help him/her choose the appropriate poison.
After deciding on what I want to do, it becomes necessary to choose an appropriate rating system. A 100-point system runs the risk of being compared to a standard grading scale where bad-decent-excellent can really be expressed within the 50-100 point range. Dropping that idea quickly, next is the 5 and 10 point systems. A 10 point system is very similar to the 100 point system. Even with half-point increments, there appear to be too many levels that it would take an insane amount of time for me to properly assign a value to something. However, a scale of 10 integer values seem too strict. It's a close call, but I will go with a 5 point system with half-point increments. This is similar to the 10 point integer-only scale, except due to the smaller values, it feels more comfortable. In addition, the maximum value in a 5 point system is not closed for use as would be the case in a 10 or 100-point system, where the highest value is reserved "something better that might come along sometime in the future".
After deciding on what I want to do, it becomes necessary to choose an appropriate rating system. A 100-point system runs the risk of being compared to a standard grading scale where bad-decent-excellent can really be expressed within the 50-100 point range. Dropping that idea quickly, next is the 5 and 10 point systems. A 10 point system is very similar to the 100 point system. Even with half-point increments, there appear to be too many levels that it would take an insane amount of time for me to properly assign a value to something. However, a scale of 10 integer values seem too strict. It's a close call, but I will go with a 5 point system with half-point increments. This is similar to the 10 point integer-only scale, except due to the smaller values, it feels more comfortable. In addition, the maximum value in a 5 point system is not closed for use as would be the case in a 10 or 100-point system, where the highest value is reserved "something better that might come along sometime in the future".
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